Bottle-lock.



Patented Oct. 28, I902.

No. 7l2,444.

' W. E. SWETT.

' BOTTLE LUCK.

(Ayplication filed. May 12, 1902.

(No Model.)

wwnwo UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. SWETT, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE-LOG K.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 712,444, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed May 12, 1902. Serial No. 106,908- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. SWETT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Bottle-Locks; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a device for securely locking bottles after they have been filled to prevent tampering with the contents.

It consists in forming the bottle with a frangible chambered lug cast upon one side, having a spring-pressed bolt located in the chamber, and in the formation of a stopper with a corresponding chamber or slot into which thebolt is forced when the stopper is in place, whereby the removal of the stopper canonly be accomplished by breaking the frangible ing to release the bolt. Y

My invention also comprises details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upper part of the bottle-neck, showing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken through the bolt and chamber. Fig. 4 is a view showing the extension 8.

Great difficulty. is experienced in preventing the surreptitious opening of bottles and substituting inferior goods for those more valuable.

It is the object of my invention to protect bottles when once filled and closed from such operations. v

The bottle-neck A is here shown as formed with a lug 2, projecting from one side, and this lug has a chamber made horizontally into it adapted to receive a spring-pressed b01113. As here shown, the bolt is shortand has a spiral spring attached to its rear end, as at 4, so that the two cannot be separated. The stopper 5 of the bottle may also be made of, glass, having a flattened portion upon one side, as at 5*,which coincides with the inner face of the lug 2 when the stopper is inserted. A hole is made inthis part 5, which when the stopper is in place coincides with the hole in the lug, and as soon as the stopper has been pushed into its seat the spring will press the bolt into this hole, and thus lock the two together. The part of the stopper which enters the bottle is preferably made of glass and of sufliciently smaller diameter than the bottleneck to allow of a surrounding portion of cork or other sufficiently-yielding material 6 to form a tight joint with the inside of the bottle-neck. The projecting lug 2 is formed with a groove or channel around it, as at 7,

and a curved line of connection extends from 1 the bottom of this lug and merges into the side of the bottle-neck, as shown at 8. This connection may have a monogram or other mark formed upon it when the bottle is blown or made, and it remains intact until such time as it is desired to remove the contents of the bottle. It is then only necessary to strike the outer end of the lug 2 a light blow, when by reason of the groove or channel '7 it will be broken off, thus 'allowing the spring-bolt to be removed, and the cork can then be taken out from the bottle at will. The breaking ofi of this portion of the lug also destroys the part 8 containing the monogram or mark, and it will then be impossible to deceive by the reuse of the bottle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is--- 1. An improved bottle having a chambered lug formed integrally therewith and project ing above and to one side of the bottle-neck, a spring-pressed bolt fitting said chamber and inwardly propelled, a stopper having a corresponding chamber made inthe side and adapted to register with the chamber of the bottle when the stopper is inserted and the bottle closed.

2. An improved bottle having a horizontally-chambered frangible lug formed upon one side thereof projecting upward above the mouth of the bottle, a stopper having a corresponding chamber substantially midway of its ends and adapted to register with the chamber in the lug, a spring-pressed bolt retractable away from the stopper and into the chamber of the lug, said bolt being forced forward toward the stopper to engage the chamber of the stopper when the bottle is closed by the insertion ofthe latter. I

3. An improved bottle having a horizontally-chambered lug closed at the outer end ble' horizontally chambered in g projecting above the bottle-neck, closed at the outer end,

said lug having a stamp or imprinted connection with the bottle-neck which is destroyed npon the breaking of the lug, a stopper having a chamber adapted to coincide with that of the lug when the bottle is closed, and a spring-pressed inwardly-impelled bolt contained in the lug-chamber and forced into the stopper-chamber when the two are in register.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM E. SWETT.

Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, JESSIE (-3. BRODIE. 

